//Copyright (C) 2005  Neale Clark
//
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//the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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//
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//MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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package tat2;

import java.io.*;

/**This is an abstract superclass for all the object types in the
 * application. All TATObjects have a name and can describe themselves
 * in plain text or XML formats. Subclasses must define toString() and
 * toXML() in an appropriate manner.
 */
public abstract class TATObj
    implements Serializable {

  protected String name;
  public TATObj() {
  }

  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream ois) throws ClassNotFoundException,
      IOException {
    ois.defaultReadObject();
  }

  private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream oos) throws IOException {
    oos.defaultWriteObject();
  }

  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

  public void setName(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }

  public abstract String toString();

  public abstract String toXML();
}